Wednesday

We spent yesterday morning at Good Hope Hospital
for a (scheduled) check up on Paul's glaucoma
Three hours of tests and consultation - hardly any waiting
but the results were not so good & it knocked us for six
Feeling a bit more positive today x

Sunday 27th December

Breakfast at Premier Inn
We met up at a local while they were on their way from Devon to Wigan

Lovely lunch with Ingrid (sorry no pic)
and then we went to The Attic Theatre in Stratford
ADULT panto
We were exhausted with laughing !

Book Club

'The One Hundred Year Old Man who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared'
Thank you Jane for an entertaining read.

Merry Christmas

The groaning board
Chicken, ham and all the trimmings
Spare a thought for those who are not so lucky

Chris's funeral this afternoon in Paleokatouna

It seems so cruel that Christmas carries on
So sad not to be there
x

Chris

R.I.P. Chris Beer
21st December 2015
You will be sorely missed by so many

Is that a suitcase that I can see ?

Cover my eyes and it will go away I think ...

Tim Peake

I hope that all goes well for the launch
It will take him 5 hours to get to the Space Station
It takes longer than that to get to Athens on the bus !

Today is the anniversary of the massacre in Kalavryta

13th December 1943, 700 people died in Kalavryta and neighbouring villages at the hands of the German army.  All males aged 12 and over were rounded up and shot.
The women and children were locked in a burning school, although most escaped.
Atrocities are by no means a modern day phenomenon.

Strimming time

But, oh dear strimmer won't work
Hope he knows where all those bits go back .....

Dragano

Yesterday we bumped into 'second hand' Geoff

All yachties and ex- yachties will know who I mean

His house was totally destroyed in the earthquake

The insurance company have condemned it

The road is so damaged that he cannot even drive to his house

Worst of all huge chunks of concrete were everywhere, on his bed, in the bath

Thanks goodness he was in Bulgaria

I found this old pic of Dragano on the net

Now total devastation

Wednesday

I am trying my best, but yet another trip to the dentist does not help

Sunday Night

Another musical night
Thank you Thomas & Alison

Looking a bit serious here
Lots of concentration going on

Saturday NIght

It is lovely to see Paul & Cathy back

And after a nice (though I say it myself who cooked it) roast lamb things get musical

A good night had by all I hope

The sun shines on the rightous

Happy Birthday Tom

64 today
Looking forward to seeing you at Bill's tonight

The hand rail is now functional

However it will get some twiddley bits to make it more beautiful
But not until the Spring

Excuse me Fred

That is MY chair